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INDEX. 



O. 



Oak, on the decay of, 73 — observations 



on, 179 — enormous size of, 182 

 Oils, fixed, remarks on, 243 

 Oliphant, Rev. Spence, 23 

 Opium and its tests, observations on, 



56, 373 

 Optative mood, power of, 239 

 Oranienbourg', crystals of oxide of iron 



found at, 204 

 Ordnance, naval, mounting of, 140 

 Orfila, experiments of, 56 

 Osiris, name of, 119 

 Oxide of cobalt, preparation of, 208 

 Oxygen, inquiry into the physiological 



effects of, 1 — its importance, 243 

 Oxysalts, 98 



P. 



Palarlno, M., his calculating machines, 



397 

 Paralysis of one-half the body without 



loss of motion, 432 

 Parisot, M., 216 

 Parkinson, 3Ir., 72 

 Parry, Capt., his voyage to the Arctic 



Seas, 109 — experiments of, 168 

 Pear and other fruits, size of, 437 

 Pelletier on a new vegeto-alkali, 211 

 Pepys, Mr., experiments of, 10 

 Perkins, Mr., 198 

 Perm, MM., of Neufchatel, 203 

 Philadelphus, signification of, 351 

 Phillips, Mr., on a new compound of 



mercury, 209 

 Phosphorus, chloride of, 200 

 Physiology, experimental, 1 

 Pictet, M., experiment of, 378 

 Plants, effects of light on, 437 

 Platina, native, specimen of, 185 



, its action on silver, 432 



Playfair, Professor, his illustrations of 



the " Huttonian Theory," 25 

 Population, increase of, 377 

 Porter, precipitate from, 62 — opium 



in, 374 

 Potash and copper, sulphate of, 431 

 Potassa, iodates of, 415 

 Prechtt, M., on the adhesion of metals, 



196 

 Prevost, M., hypothesis of, 378 

 Priestley, Dr., experiments of, 9 

 Prince Regent, experiments on board 



of, 155 

 Pritchard, Mr., 259 

 Proper names, remarks on, 270 

 Prout, Dr., testimony of, 10 — his woi'k 



on the urinary organs, 30, 37, 40 



Ptolomaeus, writings of, 323 

 Pumps and cocks, alloy for their con- 

 struction, 410 



Quaima, bite of, 331 

 Queen Charlotte, inconvenience of, 339 

 Queriman, specimens of the, 128 

 Quinia, phosphate of, 422 — sulphate 

 of, ibid. 



R. 



Rabbits, experiments upon, 4, 5, 6, 7? 



14, 15, 16, 18 

 Rameses the Great, pedigree of, 115 

 Ramond, Mr., his observations, 170 

 Ranquet, M., of Lyons, 203 

 Rattle-snakes, commerce in, 335 

 Rebellier, M., curious watch made by, 



191 

 Red Sea, elevation of its waters, 27 

 Richeraud, M., observation of, 9 

 Ritchie, Mr., on electro-dynamics, 183 



— on natural and artificial light, 375 

 Robison and Sulzer, 192 

 Rock salt, fluid in its cavities, 202 

 Roman proper names, remarks on, 273 

 Romme, his L'Art de la Marine, 347 

 Royal Institution, proceedings of, 175, 



375 



Society of Edinburgh, 21 



Rumford, Count, 375 

 Ryder, Mr. R., 70 



S. 



Sabine, Captain, 109 



Saccara, hieroglyphical tablet from, 350 



— astrological MS. from, 353 

 Sacy, Silvestre de, 300 

 Sainte-Pere, Marquis de, 218 

 Saint Hilaire, M. de, 294, 437 

 Salt, Mr., 112, 115, 118 

 Salt, properties in, 414 

 Sand, flowing of, 383 

 Sandifold, V.C., Archdeacon of Wells, 



64 

 Sankey, Wm., on the analysis and 



structure of the Greek tongue, 221 

 Saussure, M., 218 

 Savart, M., experiments of, 201 

 Saxon sirnames, 277 

 Sea, mean elevation of, 25 

 Serapis, the Egyptian deity, 114 

 Serpents, bites of, 330 

 Serra, Dr. Correa de, 24, 28 

 Sertueruer, his discovery of morphia, 



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